The results are in from Minnesota College Application Week, an event held in Novemnber that waived college application fees for a full week. PTC staff and faculty members are impressed with the initiative's results.
"We had 24 applications come in during the week, compared to 11 applications during the same week last year when application fees were not waived," explained Dani Chandonnet, PTC's Director of Marketing and Admissions. "The program is encouraging for those just thinking about applying who may be on the fence - the fee waiver is an incentive, and applicants truly have nothing to lose," Chandonnet adds.
The event ran Nov. 14 through 18, and applications nearly tripled across MnSCU campuses. Each MnSCU college and university waived its $20 application fee during the weeklong event, resulting in the colleges and universities collectively forgoing about $300,000 in revenue. Students could complete one application and submit it simultaneously to more than one MnSCU institution, a service that had not been available before this year. MnSCU figures report that nearly 10,000 high school students submitted 15,600 applications to the 31 state colleges and universities, compared to 4,900 students who submitted about 5,500 applications during the same week in 2010.
"This initiative was tremendously successful," said MnsCU Chancellor Steven Rosenstone. "Increasing the number of Minnesotans who complete a college degree, certificate or diploma is more important than ever," Rosenstone added.
By 2018, 70 percent of all jobs in Minnesota will require some postsecondary education, according to a Georgetown University study; many of those jobs will require a certificate or associate degree, and not necessarily a baccalaureate degree.
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